Container



Sept- 19 1944 J. D. GERAHTY 2,358,569

CONTAINER Filed March 15, 1943 Patented Sept. 19, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER James D. Gerahty, New York, N. Y. Application March 13, 1943, serial No. 479,007

8 Claims.

The present invention has for its object the production of a container of simplicity of construction and of few parts which shall be adapted to receive any one of a plurality of commodities of varying physical and chemical characteristics for purposes of storage and/or shipment and which may be manufactured with facility and expedition at relatively small expense.

A further object of the invention is the production of a container of the above character the component parts or elements of which shall be of a non-metallic nature thereby effecting a material saving in metal which now constitutes a vital and important necessity for war purposes.

Still a further object of the invention is the production of a container having the above characteristics which shall be hermetically sealed to provide an air-tight and leak-proof package not only enabling it to be employed for the storing and/or shipping of liquids but also preventing .deterioration of its contents irrespective of the physical and chemical characteristics thereof.

Another object of the invention is the production of a container of the character referred to above which shall be provided with a doublefianged or double-walled closure providing a groove for snugly receiving and supporting both sides of an end of the body of the container, both flanges or walls being of substantially equal strength enabling the closure to act as an effective seal for the container resistant to forces or pressure applied thereagainst or to the body of the container.

Other and further objects and advantages of Fig. 1 is a top plan view (partly broken away) y of the container of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section of a portion of the body and closure.

Fig. 5 is a tcp plan view of a modification.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view (partly broken away) of a further modification. and

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8--8 of Fig. 7.

Referring in detail to the several figures of the drawing:

The body of the container is preferably cylindrically shaped to form an open drum or cylinder and is indicated at I0. It is rigid in character and preferably is constructed of paper, fiber or any other analogous nonmetallic material. For convenience said body I 0 is provided in the preferred form of the invention with a base and cover constituting closures which may be identical in construction. constructed of a non-metallic plastic material having strength, rigidity and lightness in weight and which is resistant to fracture or cracking. The body may be molded from a suitable resin which is hardened in any desirable manner after it has been fashioned or molded to its proper configuration. For the purposes of the invention acetate resins and phenolic resins will be found to be peculiarly desirable, the use of an acetate resin being preferred because of the lightness in weight of the finished product and because it is substantially colorless and transparent.

The closure just referred to comprises a ciri cumferential rim I I for the body provided with a downwardly depending annular flange I2 and a horizontally disposed disc-like imperforate plate I3 both integral with said rim. Said plate I3 is provided with a downwardly depending annular flange I4 integral therewith forming a groove I5 of material depth with the flange I2 for snugly and frictionally receiving the upper end, or lower end as the case may be, of the body I0. The plate-like disc I3 is provided with diametrically opposed cup-shaped adhesive-receiving and adhesive-applying open wells I6 or analogous elements the walls of which are integral with the plate I3 and ange I4 and are' .formed with the closure during the molding operation thereof. These Wells are open at their outer sides so as to communicate freely with the groove I5 and the base of each well lies adjacent the free edge of the ange I4. When the closure is received by an end of the body I0 which enters and snugly interts with the groove I5, as has been explained, the base of each well I6 will lie in substantial alignment with one of a pair of diametrically opposed locking slots l1 cut, or otherwise formed, in the body I0 adjacent either free end thereof.

When the closure is placed on an end of the body in close and firm engagement therewith in the manner explained, the wells I 8 are filled with liquid adhesive which may be the liquid resin itself from which the closure is constructed. The closure is then rotated through an arc of or more so that the adhesive in the wells will be applied to the inner surface of the end of the body adjacent the flange Il and will be spread as a thin film on the inner surface of the body I0 and outer surface of the flange I4 over a continuous circumferential area havinga depth substantially equal to the depth of the slot I1 in the body. Rotation is discontinued when the Each 0f said closures is I wells have been brought into alignment with the slots I1 to permit the liquid adhesive to flow from the wells into and fill said slots I1 which, of Y course, are closed `by the ange I2. The adhesive is then allowed to harden and thereby lock the closure to the body by a circumferential adhesive seal and by the additional hardened adhesive which enters the slot I1 and adheres to the flange I2 and which act as bolts I1z intertting with said slots, said bolts having strengthening.

heads |13 formed by the hardened adhesive r'e- 'maining in the wells Il (se Fig. 2). The sealed connection between the parts is thus materially strengthened and any disconnection therebetween as well as relative rotation of one part with respect to the other is effectively resisted. In addi-l tion, this manner of sealing is particularly desir able in that the sealing adhesive does not enter the container so that any possible contamination of the contents thereof is obviated.

The container just described is more particularly adapted for holding liquids and as the closures therefor are ,not removable for practical purposes without breakage or considerable mutilation thereof, access to the contents of the container may be had by boring or otherwise forming a bung-hole (not shown) at any'convenient portion of the body I which, if so desired, may

be interfitted with a spigot or other suitable dispensing device.

- ings I9 extending therethrough and communicat-l ing with the interior of the container. The closure is provided with cup-shaped adhesive-receiving wells or elements IB and the body I0 with slots I1 (not shown) as in the preferred form of the invention so that the closure may be' adhesively connected and sealed to the body as in said preferred form.V v

A closure disc 20 engages and seats on said plate I3 to normally close the openings I9 and it interts with the inner peripheral surface of the rim I I. For convenience of placement, it may be provided with oppositely disposed c out portions of a size and conflguration ,tore5eive the locking ears I8. To lock theffclosure disc in seated position in engagement with the plate I3 a locking plate 2| has been provided. This locking plate is so constructed as to form diametrically and oppositely disposed tabs 22 having arcuate ends conforming in configuration with that of the inner circumferential surface of the rim II with which they slidably intert. When the locking plate 2| is in locked position it compresses against the closure disc with two of said tabs 22 covering and closing the adhesive-receiving wells I6 and the other two tabs thereof engaging beneath the'ears I8 in locking position.

As is manifest, those portions of the locking plate 2| intermediate its tabs 22 are cut away or so formed as to provide convenient finger grips to permit rotation and removal of the plate 2| when so desired by disengagement of the tabs 'with and from beneath the ears ls. when the locking plate I8 and closure disc 20 are removed I the liquid contents of the container may be withtents will dow from one of the openings I9, the

other of said openings being provided for the` the body is provided with the slots I1 -(not shown).

In this case the disc-like plate I3 is provided with an enlarged circular opening 23 and is shouldered as at 24 for receiving a removable closure -disc 25 which seats on and interflts with said shoulder. An annular rotatable locking plate is indicated at- 26 and is adapted to intert within the rim II and to lock beneath the locking ears Il on the rim II as in the caseV of the device of Figs. 5 and 6.

Said locking plate 26 is also provided with two or more cut-away portions 21 for reception of the locking ears- I 8 to permit placement of the plate within the rim prior to its being rotated into locked position. These cut-away portions may alsoserve as finger grips for rotating the plate in some cas. The underside of the locking plate 26 is provided with an annular gasket or washer 28 adapted to .engage and be compressed against the closure disc 25 to prevent unseating thereof from the shoulder 24 and to seal and close the opening 23gwhen the parts are in closed and locked position. Said gasket 28 may comprise any suitable compressible material. It will be further understood that the closure discs and locking plates or elements of Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive may be composed of any suitable strong material but it is preferred thatv the material shall be non-metallic in character and in keeping with one of the general objects of the invention of producing/ a container of strength which shall be devoid of metal or metal parts.

Obviously, in the case of the modifications of Figs. 5 to il inclusive, t e base of the 'container may beY constructed in a cordance with the closure described and showrbwithrespect to Figs. l to 4 inclusive or any other base may be employed. In addition, the closure of Figs. 5 and 6 may be used for one endrof the body and the closure of Figs. 7 and 8 for the other end thereof so that the contents of the container may be dispensed in small amounts or in large volume to suit ones convenience. Manifestly, also, the body I0 and or otherwise treated to enhance their strength or to insure preservation of the contents of the container in the proper and desired condition.

In the case of the modification of Figs. 5 and 6, it is obvious that the closure disc 20 may be dispensed with in which case the locking plate 2| will act not only as the locking element per se, but as the closure element as well. In this case the tabs 22 might carry any suitable form of gaskets or Washers (not shown) adapted to close the openings I9 and the adhesive-receiving wells I6.

The invention claimed is:

1. In a container, a non-metallic cylindrical body provided with a base secured thereto and a closure constructed of hardened liquid resin and consisting of a horizontally disposed plate and substantially parallel inner and outer flanges integral with the plate and forming a concealed groove receiving an end of said body, a cupshaped adhesive-receiving well integral with said closure and communicating with said groove, said body and one of said flanges being secured together by a circumferential layer of adhesive intermediate the ends of the ange and body and by adhesive connecting said well and body.

2. In a container, a non-metallic cylindrical body provided with a. base secured thereto and a closure constructed of hardened liquid resin and consisting of a horizontally disposed plate and inner and outer spaced flanges integral therewith extending transversely of said plate and forming a groove snugly receiving an end of said body and an adhesive-holding element integral with said inner ange and communicating with said groove, said body and one of said flanges being connected together by adhesive extending thereto from said element.

3. In a container, a non-metallic cylindrical l body provided with a base secured thereto and a closure constructed of hardened liquid resin and consisting of a horizontally disposed plate and inner and outer spaced flanges integral therewith extending transversely of said plate and forming a groove snugly receiving an end of said body and diametrically disposed cup-shaped adhesiveholding wells integral with said inner ange and communicating with said groove, said body and closure being connected together by adhesive ex tending from said well to said body.

4. In a container, a non-metallic cylindrical body having a slot therein provided with a base secured thereto and a closure constructed of hardened liquid resin and consisting of a horizon-l tally disposed plate having inner and outer spaced flanges integral therewith andl extending outwardly from said plate and forming a groove of substantial depth snugly receiving an end of said body, a cup-shaped adhesive-holding Wellintegral with said inner flange and a headed bolt comprising hardened adhesive extending from said well and into the slot in said body.

5. In a container, a non-metallic cylindrical body provided with a base secured thereto and a non-metallic closure consisting of a horizontally disposed plate having openings therein, spaced anges integral with the closure forming a groove snugly receiving an end of said body, an adhesive-receiving element integral with said closure and communicating with said groove, a

locking element and a rotatable member adapted to close the openings in said plate and said adhesive-receiving element and to interlock with said locking element.

6. In a container, a non-metallic cylindrical body provided with a base secured thereto and a closure constructed of hardened liquid resin and consisting of a horizontally disposed plate having spaced openings therein, said closure also being provided with inner and outer spaced flanges integral therewith forming a groove snugly receiving an end of said body, diametrically opposed cup-shaped adhesive-receiving elements integral with said inner flange and communicating with said groove, locking elements on said closure spaced from said plate and a detachable rotatable disc provided with tab members adapted to lockingly engage said locking elements and to cover the aforesaid openings and said adhesive-receiving elements.

7. In a container, a non-metallic cylindrical body provided with a base secured thereto and a closure constructed of hardened liquid resin and consisting of a plate having an enlarged opening therein and said closure being also provided with inner and outer spaced flanges integral therewith forming a groove receiving said body, an adhesive-receiving element integral with one of said flanges and communicating with said groove, a locking element on said closure, a seat adjacent said enlarged opening, a removable closure disc engaging said seat and a detachable locking plate interlocked with said locking element and normally covering said adhesive-receiving element and holding said closure disc in closed position on its seat.

8. In a container, a body having a slot extending transversely therethrough and provided with a base secured to said body and a closure interiitting with said body and consisting of a plate and inner and outer spaced flanges connected thereto and forming a groove snugly receiving the end of said body remote from said base and an adhesive-holding well carried by one of said ilanges and communicating with said groove, said body, well and said one of said flanges being held together by suitable adhesive extending from said well and into said slot.

JAMES D. GERAHTY. 

